IGN's Year of Adventure: All Our Point and Click Adventures

The '80s and '90s gave birth to some absolutely iconic point and click adventure games and over the course of a year IGN revisited 29 of them. Check all our features out below. Just click on the images below to read each entry. Enjoy!

A Year of Adventure #1: King's Quest 1

Graham begins his epic quest!

A Year of Adventure #2: King's Quest 2 & 3

This looks amazing you guys.

A Year of Adventure #3: Space Quest 1 & 2

So. Many. References. All hail Space Quest!

A Year of Adventure #4: Maniac Mansion

Indeed I am, creepy scientist.

A Year of Adventure #5: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

The only game that combines aliens, conspiracies, new age ideals and fiduciary responsibility.

A Year of Adventure #6: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Regarded by many as the true fourth film.

A Year of Adventure #7: Myst

Remember how massive Myst was?

A Year of Adventure #8: The 7th Guest and Phantasmagoria

Yes, this is what games looked like at one stage.

A Year of Adventure #9: King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

No, King's Quest IV was not a Weekend at Bernie's style romp with a dead King Graham.

A Year of Adventure #10: Police Quest I & II

A different time in so many ways...

A Year of Adventure #11: Day of the Tentacle

All-conquering comedy!

A Year of Adventure #12: Sam & Max Hit the Road

*whistles*

A Year of Adventure #13: The Dig

The original Shovel Night.

A Year of Adventure #14: Space Quest III & IV

Woah.

A Year of Adventure #15: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Classic Knight.

A Year of Adventure #16: Tex Murphy in Under a Killing Moon

Tex delivering a pithy one-liner about the dangers of smoking.

A Year of Adventure #17: Spycraft: The Great Game

What happens when the CIA and KGB make sweet video game love?

A Year of Adventure #18: Quest for Glory I & II

Hoth in the summer.

A Year of Adventure #19: Leisure Suit Larry I & II

The original 40 year old virgin.

A Year of Adventure #20: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Me thinks that line probably doesn't work any more.

A Year of Adventure #21: The Secret of Monkey Island

Insult swordfighting - a stroke of genius.

A Year of Adventure #22: Grim Fandango

Why stop here? Let's do A Decade of Adventure!

A Year of Adventure: Wrap-Up Spectacular

Thoughts on the genre, honourable mentions and so much more.

Also this...

The Past, Present and Future: An Adventure Game Roundtable

Thoughts and memories on the genre from seminal adventure game developers.